CVE-2021-3560

Description

It was found that polkit could be tricked into bypassing the credential checks for D-Bus requests, elevating the privileges of the requestor to the root user. This flaw could be used by an unprivileged local attacker to, for example, create a new local administrator. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity as well as system availability.

References

https://medium.com/@chaitiagrawal/hack-the-box-paper-htb-lab-walkthrough-guide-3d2f4f5522d2?source=rss------security-5

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1961710

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/172846/Facebook-Fizz-Denial-Of-Service.html

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/172836/polkit-Authentication-Bypass.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3